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Stableton Financial (Stableton), a European platform for Alternative Investments, and securitisation specialist GENTWO are entering into a strategic cooperation.
The goal of the cooperation between the two Swiss-based companies is to provide bankable and customised access to sophisticated alternative assets across liquid alternatives, private debt, private equity, and real estate. The particular focus is on underlyings which were previously not available to financial intermediaries and their clients due to the difficult access and non-bankable form. Current solutions include alternative equity, market-neutral strategies, managed futures, volatility and tail-hedge, alternative lending, value-added real estate, and selected startups for a broader audience.
CVC Strategic Opportunities II is to acquire a 50 per cent stake in DFE Pharma (DFE), a global excipients manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry.
DFE is currently a 50/50 joint venture between dairy companies FrieslandCampina and Fonterra. CVC Strategic Opportunities II will acquire Fonterra’s holding in the business.
Headquartered in Goch, Germany, DFE is a global leading excipient manufacturer. Excipients are the inactive substances that are blended with the active ingredients in medicine for purposes such as binding, bulking, disintegration or to aid in the processing of the active ingredient. With operations in Europe, India and New Zealand and
Horizon Capital, a specialist investor in business services and technology companies, has appointed three new hires increasing the firm’s investment and origination team to eleven.
Aidan Connelly joins as a manager with six years’ private equity investment experience at Capitalworks Investment Partners, where he focussed on the business services sector. His transaction experience includes the MBO of IQ business a technology focused management consultancy. Connelly has degrees from Stellenbosch and Johannesburg universities and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC.
New associates Giuliana Cian and Morgan Johnson extend the firm’s direct origination capability. Cian has a degree in International Management
Crystal Capital Partners has rolled out a new proprietary e-commerce portfolio construction platform that aims to make building institutional private equity and hedge fund portfolios as simple as adding items to an online shopping cart.
Advisors can select from a diverse list of vetted institutional private equity and hedge fund exposures across various strategies, add them to their cart and, within seconds, generate an institutional-quality portfolio proposal for client presentations.
“With 25 years at the forefront of alternative investing, it is our ongoing commitment to remove the complexities and barriers to entry associated with the asset class and to smoothly pave
Level, an independent boutique which specialises in family litigation finance, has appointed Neil Purslow as Non-Executive Director.
Launched in September 2017 and backed by investment firm Quilam Capital with additional backing from Shawbrook bank, Level has continued to enjoy success.
The funder now works with over 75 law firms and has provided in excess of £15,000,000 of legal fee facilities, helping their customers to reach fairer financial settlements. Level aims to create a level playing field in litigation by providing the financially weaker party with the means to appoint the most appropriate legal team, thus ensuring equality of arms.
Splio has closed an additional EUR10 million funding round led by Ring Capital, a fund specialised in financing French tech scale-ups, with the participation of Swen Capital Partners and Splio’s historic investors, BPI France and Amundi PEF.
The company, which has offices in Europe and in China, presently offers a SaaS New Loyalty marketing platform, used by over 500 brands in eight different industries, including the brands The Kooples, FNAC, Le Slip Français, Big Fernand, GiFi, Maty, and Longchamp.
Splio raised EUR10 million to accelerate its product development and international growth. Building upon this fundraising and the investors’
UK-based technology company Everledger has completed its USD20 million Series A funding led by Tencent Holdings Ltd, a Chinese internet-based services provider.
Graphene Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Rakuten, Fidelity and Vickers Venture Partners have also participated.
Leanne Kemp, founder and CEO of Everledger, says: “Today’s announcement amplifies our commitment to global markets, whilst fuelling our industry momentum as we continue to build Everledger. Having this strong investor cohort join us at this stage in our development is both validation of the innovation we’ve displayed to date, and a statement of future intent. They will support us in bringing more visibility
Enhanced Healthcare Partners (EHP), a New York-based private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market healthcare businesses, has closed Enhanced Healthcare Partners with USD300 million of committed capital with access to USD600 million in total equity to invest.
The Fund will invest in founder and entrepreneur-led lower middle-market healthcare businesses in North America, targeting platforms between USD50 and USD250 million in enterprise value in the physician services, pharma services, payor services and healthcare technology sectors. The EHP team will partner with management teams to grow healthcare platforms, leveraging their industry expertise, network and unique investment approach. The Fund represents the
Ducatus Partners, the global executive search and leadership consulting firm serving the energy, private equity and infrastructure industries, has added to its North American team with the appointment of a new Partner, Jason Miller.
Miller has more than 23 years’ of international oil and gas experience with 16 years’ working in the offshore energy sector. Until recently he was Vice President Americas with Ampelmann Operations following his time as President and Chief Executive Officer of X-Subsea Precision Dredging and Excavation. During his career, Miller has also held senior positions at Advanced Maritime Transports, Deep Ocean and Trico Marine Group.
Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African focused private equity firm, has invested USD54 million in Channel VAS, a fintech provider of mobile financial and airtime credit services operating in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Channel VAS provides Mobile Financial Services, Big Data Analytics and Airtime Credit Services to mobile operators and financial institutions in more than 30 countries, enabling access to micro and nano loans including cash, handsets, airtime and data. Since the business began in 2012, it has helped clients serve hundreds of millions of customers in the region.
The company has a track record of delivery
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